This whole issue is easier to live with than to troubleshoot. Reinstalling is a royal PITA and may not even be possible: I have read (and I don't know how accurate this is) that the MS Office 2008 Installer is PPC only, even though the app is Intel. If that's the case, I won't be able to reinstall. I would also have a hard time saving all the data (this is Microsoft, after all). Since I'm covered under Applecare, I may phone Apple to see if they have a suggestion.

As to your other question, I have tried blocking incoming connections and I still get that annoying message.


Jon

macOS 11.7.10, iMac Retina 5K 27-inch, late 2014, 3.5 GHz Intel Core i5, 1 TB fusion drive, 16 GB RAM, Epson SureColor P600, Photoshop CC, Lightroom CC, MS Office 365